Blood Donation Eligibility Quiz
How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- I have had no recent procedure that falls within the center’s review period.
- I had minor routine care, recovered normally, and confirmed that no waiting period applies.
- I had a recent procedure and am unsure whether enough recovery time has passed.
- I am still healing or currently have procedure-related infection, bleeding, or complications.
- I have had normal meals and enough non-alcoholic fluids.
- I have eaten, but less than usual, or may be slightly under-hydrated.
- I skipped a recent meal or feel noticeably dehydrated.
- I am vomiting, unable to keep fluids down, or currently feel faint from not eating or drinking.
- I checked the current local rules and have no travel or residence history requiring review.
- I have traveled, but the center confirmed that no current restriction applies.
- I have relevant travel or residence history and am unsure how current rules apply.
- A blood center or health authority has told me that a current travel- or residence-related deferral applies.
Blood Donation Eligibility Quiz - Description and methodology of the test
People preparing to donate blood can use this questionnaire as a Can I Donate Blood Quiz before contacting a local center. The blood donation eligibility quiz gives them a structured way to notice which personal details may need discussion during confidential donor screening. Its result can help someone asking whether they can donate blood prepare for that conversation.
What This Assessment Explores
The questionnaire suits people preparing to contact a blood center. As a blood donation eligibility test, it organizes details for confirmation rather than declaring a person eligible or ineligible.
Items address procedures, preparation, travel, exposure, health, treatment, pregnancy, and other donor-screening topics. The result is grouped into three dimensions:
- Donation-Day Readiness (0-15) covers immediate preparation: Routine verification (0), Clarify a detail (1-2), or Pause and contact the center (3-15).
- Exposure and Location Rules (0-15) covers travel and exposure topics: Routine verification (0), Clarify a detail (1-2), or Pause and contact the center (3-15).
- Medical History and Treatment Review (0-15) covers conditions, medicines, and blood history: Routine verification (0), Clarify a detail (1-2), or Pause and contact the center (3-15).
Methodology and Scientific Basis
Each item presents a donation-related situation with four ordered responses, moving from lower concern through uncertainty to a current or higher-concern circumstance. The format supports clarification rather than a simple yes-or-no choice in this assessment’s blood donor screening questions.
Responses generate review points within three dimensions and separate totals. Individual response weights are not disclosed or standardized, so the totals function only as review prompts and cannot determine eligibility. A concerning answer matters independently, and a score-3 red flag overrides the total and should be acted on.
The evidence base includes AABB DHQ v4.0, the FDA’s 2023 donor guidance, Orton, Virvos, and Williams (2000) on donor-screening question design, and WHO’s 2012 donor-suitability guidance. The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with these sources, not an adaptation of any one.
The bands are unvalidated reflection aids, not measures of infection likelihood, illness severity, or official eligibility. Self-report may reflect memory, misunderstanding, symptoms, or reluctance to disclose. Use the result to prepare questions for the center; serious symptoms or possible recent exposure need timely advice, and do not stop prescribed medicine to donate.
- Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB). User Brochure for the Full-Length Blood Donor History Questionnaire Version 4.0 and Accompanying Materials. 2023.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Recommendations for Evaluating Donor Eligibility Using Individual Risk-Based Questions to Reduce the Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission by Blood and Blood Products: Guidance for Industry. May 2023.
- Orton SL, Virvos VJ, Williams AE. Validation of selected donor-screening questions: structure, content, and comprehension. Transfusion. 2000;40(11):1407-1413. 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40111407.x
- World Health Organization. Blood donor selection: guidelines on assessing donor suitability for blood donation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012. ISBN 9789241548519.
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